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Taiwan's Foreign Minister James Huang bows as he announces his resignation in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Huang and Deputy Premier Chiou I-jen announced Tuesday that they were leaving their posts. The resignations follow last week's revelations that Taiwan lost US$29.8 million (euro19.2 million) in a failed 2006 attempt to establish ties with Papua New Guinea Taiwan vice premier, foreign minister resign over diplomacy
TAIPEI, May 6 (Kyodo) - Taiwan's vice premier and foreign minister resigned Tuesday over a diplomacy scandal involving the island's failed bid to enlist two secret envoys to give Papua New Guinea tens... (photo: AP / Wally Santana) AOL
Law   Money   Papua New Guinea   Photos   Taiwan
Airplanes are seen in the tarmac of Rafik Hariri International Airport, where buildings around it overlook the runway, in an area that is mainly inhabited by Shiites and where Hezbollah is known to have wide support, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 5, 2008. Beirut cabinet challenges Hezbollah
May 6, 2008 10:15 PM The Western-backed Lebanese government accused Hezbollah of violating the country's sovereignty by operating its own communications network and installing spy cameras at Beirut... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) TVNZ
Airport   Beirut   Hezbollah   Intelligence   Photos   Slideshow
US citizens Emily Baures, 27, back, and Stephanie Rimmer, 41, play with the babies (js1) Guatemala halts foreign adoptions
The authorities in Guatemala have suspended the adoption of some 2,300 children by foreigners for at least a month to check for irregularities. Officials said each case would be reviewed to see if the... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd) BBC News
Adoption   Children   Government   Guatemala   Photos   Slideshow
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during the North Carolina Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, May 2, 200 Last big primaries for Democrats
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are fighting primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, in their long battle for the US Democratic presidential nomination. Correspondent say these are the last two... (photo: AP / Gerry Broome) BBC News
Elections   Photos   Politics   Society   US
Residence of Mogadishu Somalia, load their belongings onto carts pulled by donkeys as they leave Report: Somali civilians 'routinely targeted' for brutality
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Soldiers, insurgents and bandits routinely target civilians in Somalia for rape, robbery and murder, according to an Amnesty International report that includes interviews with... (photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh) CNN

Civilians   Defence   Photos   Rebel   Slideshow   Somalia
Carla Del Ponte making her statement to the press today, following the closed Security Council meeting. Human-rights group claims organs stolen in Kosovo
TOOLS PRISTINA, KOSOVO - A human-rights group said Monday that new evidence has emerged to warrant further investigation into claims that ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo killed Serbs and sold... (photo: UN) Houston Chronicle
Human   Human Rights   Investigation   Kosovo   Photos   Slideshow
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